Milk-bottle cover.



J. W. GURRAN.

MILK BOTTLE COVER.

APPLIUATION nun) AUG.1,1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

. (KI/U0? )NVENTOR ArroRNY My mi JOHN W. QURl'tAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MILK-BOTTLE COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Aug. 1s, 1914..

Application filed August-1,1913. Serial no. 782,537.

To all whom it mall concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. lURRAN, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati in the county of Hamilton and State of 0 io, have invented a new and use ful Mill -Bottle Cover, of which the follow-1 ing is a specification.

The invention relates'to improvements in milk bottle covers.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction ofv milk bottle covers and" to provide a siniple,'efiicicnt and inexpensive milk bottle cover, designed to promote sanitation in the handling of milk bottles, and adapted to avoid smearing the hands or iling the clothing or table linen, and (a ble of being easilylifted with the fini mit without the aid of any instrument, re moved from and replaced on a milk bottle and used as often {is necessary, or until the V v advantageously employed as a closurenfor 'l'o contents of the bottle are consumed.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim here to iippended; it being understood that variousehanges in the form, proportion, size and .niinor-Idetails of construction, within- .I-he scope of the claim, may be resorted to withoutdeperting from'the spirit or sacrificing any tion. 1

In the drewings:Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of the upper portion of a. milk bottleprovided with a cover, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the milk bottle cover, showing the bin ed portions arranged at an angleto facilitate the placing of the covercn and the removal of the same from a milk bottle. Fig. 3 is a per spective- View of thc milk bottle cover showing 'the samc before the lower flexible disk is applied to the hinged segmental portions.

. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectlve view of the lower flexible disk. Fig. 5 is a, sectional view of the milk bottle cover, showing another form of the invention.

Like numerals of -reference designate cortesponding partsin iell the figures of the drawing.

In the ac oinpenying drawing in which is illustrated li e' preferred embodiment of of the advantages "of. theinve n the invention, the milk bottle cover com- 5e prises in its construction an upper section formed from a strip or blank of. 'asteboenl or other suitable. material, roun edet the "ends to form two segmental portions 1, and

folded centrally at 2 to provide a two-ply 6G flange 3, and gilso folded or cretisednt the base of the flange 4 to extend the segmental end portions 1 in opposite directions so as"- to forms disk as clearly illustratediin Fig.

'3 o fltlie drawing. The flange 3; which is disposed diametrically, of the 'milk 'top or cover; extends upwardly thereform and is adapted .to' be readilygraspfed handling the milk top or cover to place the some on 3. milk bottle 5 or other analogous receptacle. \V'hile the cover or closure is designed principally for use in connection with milk but tles and is shown a plied to a. milk bottle in the accompanying i lustra tion, yet it may be various analogous receptacles containing milkor any other material. The segmental portions 1, which are referably semi-circuia nnre liin'ged tothe iliiilge 3 and are adapted? to' be srra-nged-fet an angle to each other as illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawing, to enable the milk top or cover to be easily laced on the milk bottle and readily removes therefrom; andingipder to facilitate the handling ofthe. nrilH-ftop or cover and enable the some to be needle definitely, the segmental ortions'l are permanently connected to orm a continuous. disk by means of a lower sheet or disk 6 of paper or other flexible material. which preso ventsa separat on of the segmental portions 1. at the hinge joint. The lower flexible disk 6, which is secured by suitable-adhesive material or other suitable means to the lower faces of the segmental portions 1, is creased at the center at 7 after being applied to thesegmental portions of the upper section, and it forms a hinge. joint coinciding with the hinge joints of the segmental portions 1 so as not to interfere with the hinge joints of 10 the said portions 1 in permitting the latter to be arranged horizontally in the same plane or at an angle to each other. While it is preferable to connect the segmental portions 1 by means of a complete lower flexible 1o disk, yet it will be understood that a flexible sheet of a. less s ze may of course be employed, and the two-plies ofthe flange 3 may be secured together by adhesive material or other means for retainingthe segmental por- .the neck of the milk bottle and the said upwardly extending flange, which preferably terminates either short of or substantially in flush relation with the upper edges of the neck of the milk bottle, forms a stifi brace or member. -When the flange is grasped and pulled Ward the milk top or cover is readily with rawn from the bottle without splashing the contents of the same. The said upwardly projecting flange, besides forming a stiff brace, is adapted to frictionally engage at its ends the opposite walls ,of the mouth of the milk bottle to resist bendin of the cover, and thereby assist in retaining the cover on the seat.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing is illustrated another form of the invention in which the lower connecting disk 9 is sufficiently heavy to connect the end portions of the strip and maintain the same in the same plane to form a flat disk-shaped milk bottle cover,adapted to be placed on and removed from a milk bottle without bending or forming a hinge joint between the segmental portions,

What is claimed is A cover of the class described comprising a strip of material having segmental end portions and folded transversely between the same to form an upwardly projecting flange and bent outwardly at the base of the flange to provide hinge joints and to extend the said segmental portions in opposite directions, and a connecting disk secured to the lower face of the segmental portions and having a diametrically arranged crease coinciding with the outward bends of the said strip to form a central hinge to" permit the said segmental portions to be arranged at an angle to each other in introducing the cover into and in removing it from the neck of a receptacle, said upwardly projecting flange being extended entirely across the cover and having its end edges arranged to frictionally engage .the opposite walls of the mouth of the receptacle for assisting in retaining the cover in lace.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN w. CURRAN.

Witnesses A. ,G. HAAR, A. J. LARRICK. 

